The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-07-15
MASKAro FREE Press.
CITY COUNCIL.
The Regular Monthly Meeting Held
Last Thursday Evening.

The city fathers met in regular session
Thursday evening and though 1t was after
midnight before the meeting closed, lit
tie else than routine business was tran
sacted. Mayor Pau occupied the chair
and the aldermen present were Wood,
Wagon, Alberger, Hoerr Dougherty.
Pitcher, Schroeder, Schiman, Parry, and
Patterson.
The reading of the minutes of the last
regular meeting and the adjourned and
special meetings held in the interim oc-
cupied fully an hour, although Recorder
Davies is fine and very rapid reader.
There were a number of communica-
tons, the most important being an offer
from the owners ofthe Germania Park
addition agreeing to give the city tract
of land ia the center Of said addition on
condition that it be improved and used
as public park.
A letter was also read from the city
engineer of Sioux City, Iowa. relating to
the experience of that city in regard to
sewerage.
A petition from citizens living in the
vicinity of the gas works complained
that the stencil arising from the works
Is unbearable and likely to cause un.
ho a'thfnlness.
The petition of the Standard Oil Com
pany for the vacation of a portion of
Vine street was referred to the street
committee. The oil company are put
ting up ware house for the storage and
handling of oil and desire to lay side
tracks on that portion of the street con-
tiguous thereto.
All the petitions, etc., were referred
to proper committees.
The city treasurer reported receipts
from all sources during the month of
June, $oS, $40 80; paid out $l2, I4l SO; bal
ance on hand July LIST, l3,2O1.SS.
The chief Of police reported SO arrests
during June.
The street commissioners report
showed $4S9,39 expended for. street
work and $1,000 for sidewalks during
the past north.
There were but seven deaths during
June, according to the Health Officers
report. Births, 10. The health of the
community is given as fair, with re-
markable absence of diseases peculiar to
the heated term.
The plats of GermanIa Park Addition.
Esther NJ. Halls Addition and Willard
& Piper's subdivision were approved.
The matter of approving Lindsley's
Addition was referred to the city engin-
eer and city attorney to investigate the
matter of the title of portion of the
addition now being used as street,
which Mr.. Lindsey claims is his private
property.
The committee to which McMurtrie's
sub division was referred, reported I'M
favorable to it until the owner should
provide for a street thirty feet wide
along the south side.
The matter of the house numbering
was brought up and the committee on
ordinances was instructed to use their
efforts to secure the early completion of
the work, and also to name and put up
signs on streets which are now without
them.
AN EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE GRANTED.
The ordinance granting the Mankato
Coal, Oil and Mineral Company the ex-
elusive franchise and right to supply
natural gas to the citizens for term of
ten years was read the second time and
passed. The ordinance fixes the price
to be charged for two stoves per year $25
three at $50 per year. and more at the
same propOrtlonate rates. The franchise
becomes void if gas is not furnished be-
fore June l, 1888.
The ordinance granting the Wisconsin
Minnesota & Pacific railway the right of
way across the streets and alleys of the
city was read for the first time. ..-
SEWERAGE.
A communication was read from Low
eth q Curtlss, OF st. Paul, offering to su-
perintend the construction of the new
sewer according to their plan, and give
the city needed advice for the sum of
$3.50. The proposition was not accepted.
Engineer Lilly stated that Mr.. Loweth
absolutely refuses to make any changes
in the plan of the system, whereas the
city has about decided that some
changes shall be made. He stated that
advertisements for bids on the construc-
ton of the Front street sewer are being
published. The bids are to be present
ed by July 26th. In regard to the use
of Mankato cement pipe, the specifica-
tons recommend its use, but it was
deemed inexpedient to demand its ex-
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